{"id":43521,"date":"2026-05-15T23:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/43521\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:07:12","slug":"eurovision-2026-all-about-the-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/43521\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026: All about the Grand Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest culminates tonight. 25 songs will be performed, and after four hours of music, performances, entertainment and excitement, we’ll know the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n

The show starts at 21:00 CEST, broadcast live from Wiener Stadthalle, Austria, and can be streamed on YouTube<\/a>. The hosts are Victoria Swarovski, Michael Ostrowski, and Emily Busvine (Green Room). The running order<\/a> has been decided by the Austrian broadcaster \u00d6sterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) based on an allocation draw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The qualified countries are: <\/p>\n

\"Eurovision<\/a>Lineup Eurovision 2026 Grand Final1DenmarkF\u00f8r vi g\u00e5r hjem S\u00f8ren Torpegaard LundS\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund2GermanyFire Sarah EngelsSarah Engels3IsraelMichelle Noam BettanNoam Bettan4BelgiumDancing on the Ice EssylaEssyla5AlbaniaN\u00e2n AlisAlis6GreeceFerto AkylasAkylas7UkraineRidnym Lel\u00e9kaLel\u00e9kacommercial break8AustraliaEclipse Delta GoodremDelta Goodrem9SerbiaKraj mene LavinaLavina10MaltaBella AidanAidan11CzechiaCrossroads Daniel \u017di\u017ekaDaniel \u017di\u017eka12BulgariaBangaranga DaraDara13CroatiaAndromeda LelekLelek14United KingdomUKEins, Zwei, Drei Look Mum No ComputerLook Mum No Computer15FranceRegarde ! MonroeMonroecommercial break16MoldovaViva, Moldova SatoshiSatoshi17FinlandLiekinheitin Linda Lampenius & Pete ParkkonenLinda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen18PolandPray AlicjaAlicja19LithuaniaS\u00f3lo quiero m\u00e1s Lion CeccahLion Ceccah20SwedenMy System FeliciaFelicia21CyprusJalla AntigoniAntigoni22ItalyPer sempre s\u00ec Sal Da VinciSal Da Vincicommercial break23NorwayYa ya ya Jonas LovvJonas Lovv24RomaniaChoke Me Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescuAlexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu25AustriaTanzschein Cosm\u00f3Cosm\u00f3Opening: Mozart and Flag Parade<\/p>\n

The Grand Final opens with a short film looking back at Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and JJ\u2019s victory<\/a> in Basel. We then follow the paper boat from his winning performance as it makes its way from Basel to Vienna, travelling through rivers, streets and across the Austrian countryside before finally arriving at the Wiener Stadthalle.<\/p>\n

Inside Wiener Stadthalle, the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien performs “The Queen of the Night” from The Magic Flute as JJ appears on stage to perform his new single, “Unknown<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

\"Odds<\/p>\n

Odds Eurovision 2026Who will win Eurovision Song Contest 2026?<\/p>\n

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Flag Parade<\/p>\n

The traditional Flag Parade introduces the 25 finalists competing in this year\u2019s Grand Final. As each country is announced, a giant national flag appears on the main screen, while the artists walk on the catwalk from the main stage to the Green Room.<\/p>\n

After the 10th country (Malta), last year\u2019s winner JJ returns to the stage to perform “Wasted Love<\/a>“. The arena is bathed in red light as dancers and acrobats in red and white costumes perform both on stage and high above the audience.<\/p>\n

The parade then continues as the remaining finalists make their way down the catwalk to the green room. At the end of the performance, JJ rises above the stage on a platform to deliver the final chorus.<\/p>\n

The hosts Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski welcome us all. They go through the formal “how to vote” part in both English and French:<\/p>\n

Start voting now!<\/p>\n

Unlike in the Semi-finals, viewers can vote for their favourite songs from the very beginning of the performances. It is now time for the first country to take the stage: Denmark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Commercial Breaks<\/p>\n

After song number 7 (Ukraine<\/a>), the evening’s first commercial break takes place. For viewers without commercials, a pre-recorded video features host Victoria as \u201cProfessor Eurovision\u201d, taking us through some Eurovision history. This time, it is about the most successful Eurovision songs of all time. Looking at points, winning margins, record sales and streaming figures, she explores some of the Contest\u2019s most successful entries.<\/p>\n

After song number 15 (France<\/a>), the second commercial break takes place. Victoria and Michael tell us about Junior Eurovision 2026<\/a>, which will take place in Malta in October, and show a clip of Lou Deleuze’s winning song “Ce Monde<\/a>” from JESC 2025. The hosts also introduce the new Eurovision Asia<\/a>, which will be held in Bangkok in November.<\/p>\n

After song number 22 (Italy<\/a>), the third commercial break takes place. Michael introduces a pre-recorded video showcasing the city of Vienna and some of the many events and activities taking place during Eurovision week, including the volunteers, side events and the Turquoise Carpet.<\/p>\n

Interval Acts<\/p>\n

The hosts advise us to vote for our favourite songs, and the first recap of all 25 performances is shown.<\/p>\n

Interval 1: Celebration!<\/p>\n

The first interval act of the night is called Celebration! in which a selection of Eurovision all-stars performs songs from the Contest\u2019s history:<\/p>\n

Lordi (Finland 2006) \u2022 Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009 & 2018) \u2022 Ruslana (Ukraine 2004) \u2022 Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007) \u2022 Max Mutzke (Germany 2004) \u2022 Kristian Kostov (Bulgaria 2017) \u2022 Erika Vikman (Finland 2025) \u2022 Miriana Conte (Malta 2025)<\/p>\n

…performs a mashup of iconic Eurovision entries:<\/p>\n

All Kinds of Everything<\/a> \u2022 Espresso Macchiato<\/a> \u2022 Cha Cha Cha<\/a> \u2022 Rim Tim Tagi Dim<\/a> \u2022 Papa Pingouin<\/a> \u2022 Arcade<\/a> \u2022 Ne partez pas sans moi<\/a> \u2022 Save Your Kisses for Me<\/a> \u2022 Dschinghis Khan<\/a> \u2022 Mon amour<\/a> \u2022 Euphoria<\/a> \u2022 Congratulations<\/a> \u2022 Waterloo<\/a> \u2022 Nel blu dipinto di blu<\/a><\/p>\n

…unfortunately, the vocals are pre-recorded.<\/p>\n

After this another recap followed by promotion of Eurovision merchandise.<\/p>\n

Interval 2: Parov Stelar<\/p>\n

The second interval act is dedicated to electro swing.<\/p>\n

Parov Stelar is an Austrian musician, producer and DJ, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the electro swing genre. He combines elements of jazz, swing and big band music with modern electronic beats.<\/p>\n

After Parov Stelar, another commercial break takes place.. During the commercial break we’re back with “Professor Eurovision”, taking us through some Eurovision history. This time, the focus is on the many different voting rules<\/a> that have been used throughout Eurovision history.<\/p>\n

And then we’ll have the last recap. This time in reverse order.<\/p>\n

Stop voting now!<\/p>\n

Interval 3: C\u00e9sar Sampson<\/p>\n

The voting lines are now closed, and a video clip shows Billy Joel telling what his song “Vienna” means. On stage is now C\u00e9sar Sampson (Austria 2018<\/a>) performing a version of “Vienna”.<\/p>\n

Once that\u2019s a wrap, a very short montage featuring all the Eurovision winners is shown to the tune of “Rise Like a Phoenix<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Results<\/p>\n

We’re back on the main stage where Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski are ready for the big voting sequence. <\/p>\n

Jury Results<\/p>\n

Each of the 35 countries participating in Eurovision 2026 has a jury that decides half of the result. The juries’ points are given by a spokesperson from each country, where only the 12 points will be announced orally.<\/p>\n

Televoting Results<\/p>\n

All televotes from the 35 countries, as well as the online votes from “rest of the world,” are bundled and announced for each receiving country. Starting with the country with the least points from the juries.<\/p>\n

AND THE WINNER OF EUROVISION 2026 IS…<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfc6Voting<\/p>\n

The voting procedure follows the same recipe as the last three years.<\/p>\n

Each participating country will have two sets of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points to give. One set for each country’s jury, and one set for each country’s televoting. The “rest of the world” online votes will have the same weight as one participating country.<\/p>\n

Each of the 35 countries participating in this year’s Eurovision will vote.Each country has a national jury who gave one set of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.Each country will have televoting, which also results in a set of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.Online voting “rest of the world” has the same weight as one participating country: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points.First, the juries’ points will be presented individually by a spokesperson from each country.Secondly, the points from televoting will be bundled and given combined.The national juries voted yesterday evening (Friday, 15 May) during the second dress rehearsal.If two or more songs have the same points, the winner of the tie is the song with the highest ranking from the televoting and “rest of the world”.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the Grand Final, the detailed results, voting and points<\/a> will be revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest culminates tonight. 25 songs will be performed, and after four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20858],"tags":[20861,20859,20860,21752],"class_list":{"0":"post-43521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eurovision","8":"tag-esc","9":"tag-eurovision","10":"tag-eurovision-song-contest-2026","11":"tag-vienna-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}